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2 Harrison Begay Framed & Matted Prints

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
2 Harrison Begay Framed & Matted Prints
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2 Harrison Begay Framed & Matted Prints. Titled ''Navajo Feather Dancer'' and depict both a male and female engaged in traditional dance. The visual measurement of both is 12 x 10. Artist Bio: ''Harrison Begay (Haashk‚ yah N¡y , ''Warrior Who Walked Up to His Enemy'') (November 15, 1917 - August 18, 2012) was a renowned Navajo painter, perhaps the most famous of his generation. Begay specialized in watercolors and silkscreen prints. He was the last living former student of Dorothy Dunn at the Santa Fe Indian School. His work won multiple awards and is exhibited in museums and private collections worldwide. Harrison Begay was born in White Cone, Arizona on 15 November 1917, although his birth year has also been record as 1914, at White Cone, near Greasewood, Arizona on the Navajo Nation, to Black Rock and Zonnie Tachinie Begay. His mother belonged to the Zuni White Corn Clan, and his father was Walk Around Clan / Near Water Clan. Young Harrison herded his family's flock of sheep near Greasewood, where he lived most of his life.''